Nut-huller.



W. GHAPPELL.

NUT HULLER.

APPLIOATxoN FILED MARA, 1912.

LSR mg# Patented aug. 27, 1912.

NUT-HULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aug.. er, esta..

Application filed March 4, 1912. Serial No. 651,575.,

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that lt, WILLIAM CHAPPELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in` Nut-Hullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for the removal of the outside husk from nuts, such as almonds, which have a husk of this character, nieansjfor automatically adjusting the apparat-us for varying sizes of nuts which may be passed through it. indiscriminately, and means for separating the nuts and the removed husks.

It consists in the combination ot' parts and details of construction which will be more fully explained byreferenee to the accompanying drawings in which-v Figure l is a side elevation of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a front view showing the cylinder and engaging arms partly'broken away.

As shown in the drawings, A is a revoluble cylinder, of any suitable lengthbetween the ends, and having bars 2 extending from one end to the other of its periphery. To these bars are {i}v d a series of independent, elastic'arins 3, the outer ends of which are turned outward, as shown at 4.

5 is a segmental case formed of rods 6 and extending from end to end concentric with the cylinder and at such a distance that nuts which may be introducedv into the upper part of the apparatus through a hopper 9 will be received between the arms 3 and the exterior rods 6. These rods are placed al' such a distanceapart that the smallest nuts will not pass between them but the broken husks will be deliveredbetween these barsfas the cylinder revolves and carries them toward the lower part of the inolosing device so that the broken husks will fall into a receptacle, as at 7.

The nutsl of various sizes are allowed to pass between the cylinder and the exterior bars by reason ot the elasticity of the arms whichwill yield for larger nuts and will spring outward when smaller ones are passing. The outwardly turned hoolelike ends 4 of the bars 3 play an important part as they seize the nuts and drag them forcibly across the bars; the friction produced in this act-ion serving' to tear away such husks as naturally adhere more forcibly to the outer shell of the nut.. When the nuts reach the end ofi lthe segment 5 they will naturally fall into a receptacle, as at S, or may be otherwise properly disposed of.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is An improved nut hulling apparatus having in combination a cylinder er drum having peripheral, separated bars extending from end to end, a concentric inclosing segment having' interspaced rods also extend ing from end to end between which the nuts may be delivered, a-seriesof elastic arms' fixed to each bar of the cylinder and eX-' Atending backwardly from the direct-ion of rotation and self-adjustingy to the different sizes ot nuts, said elastic arms having hooked. outer ends adapted to forcibly drag the nuts and engage them with the inclosing rods.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence ot two subscribing witnesses.

winma'ii onarrnnn.

Witnesses:

J. C. Coxumxu, lvaneannr Laan. 

